Kiwa Surname
Approximately 4,237 people bear this surname
Kiwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 2,470 | 1:29,911 | 3,750 |
| Papua New Guinea | 924 | 1:8,824 | 685 |
| Zimbabwe | 195 | 1:79,170 | 11,618 |
| Kenya | 117 | 1:394,700 | 22,236 |
| Niger | 85 | 1:225,788 | 7,375 |
| Indonesia | 67 | 1:1,973,869 | 124,197 |
| Japan | 64 | 1:1,997,567 | 27,803 |
| Uganda | 44 | 1:887,256 | 40,445 |
| Burkina Faso | 41 | 1:447,612 | 6,554 |
| South Africa | 27 | 1:2,006,582 | 90,678 |
| Nigeria | 22 | 1:8,051,944 | 174,166 |
| Philippines | 21 | 1:4,820,868 | 168,058 |
| Poland | 20 | 1:1,900,437 | 96,203 |
| Belgium | 18 | 1:638,702 | 56,744 |
| Cameroon | 18 | 1:1,153,837 | 70,128 |
| New Zealand | 12 | 1:377,360 | 28,765 |
| United States | 11 | 1:32,950,812 | 797,015 |
| Czechia | 10 | 1:1,063,347 | 80,937 |
| India | 7 | 1:109,580,769 | 786,157 |
| England | 6 | 1:9,286,343 | 223,652 |
| Canada | 5 | 1:7,369,118 | 289,406 |
| Liberia | 5 | 1:881,707 | 33,815 |
| Germany | 5 | 1:16,101,092 | 397,699 |
| Australia | 4 | 1:6,748,925 | 181,100 |
| Mexico | 4 | 1:31,031,551 | 63,627 |
| Tunisia | 4 | 1:152,656 | 17,743 |
| Afghanistan | 3 | 1:10,717,728 | 35,605 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Iran | 2 | 1:38,391,262 | 236,033 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Tanzania | 2 | 1:26,470,806 | 111,653 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Netherlands | 2 | 1:8,443,588 | 136,641 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Marshall Islands | 1 | 1:51,821 | 2,326 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
Kiwa (11,162) may also be a first name.
Kiwa Demographics
Average Kiwa Salary in
United States
$23,100 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Kiwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kiwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kiwa (Hindi: किवा) is more commonly found in The DR Congo than any other country/territory. It can also appear as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Kiwa? popularity and diffusion
The surname Kiwa is the 109,788th most widely held surname in the world It is held by around 1 in 1,719,978 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 72 percent of Kiwa live; 58 percent live in Central Africa and 58 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Kiwa is also the 56,910th most common first name at a global level, borne by 11,162 people.
Kiwa is most frequently used in The DR Congo, where it is borne by 2,470 people, or 1 in 29,911. Excluding The DR Congo it is found in 48 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 22 percent live and Zimbabwe, where 5 percent live.
Kiwa Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the Kiwa surname is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.
The amount Kiwa earn in different countries varies notably. In South Africa they earn 28.98% less than the national average, earning R 168,768 per year; in United States they earn 46.46% less than the national average, earning $23,100 USD per year and in Canada they earn 33.19% less than the national average, earning $33,191 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kiwa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kiwa in the Hindi language | ||
| किवा | kiva | - |
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Kiwa
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